Viking Supply Ships has entered into a contract with a major oil company for the AHTS vessel “Tor Viking”

June 17, 2014 02:30 ET | Source:Viking Supply Ships AB

Viking Supply Ships has entered into a contract with a major oil company for the
charter of “Tor Viking” in the Far East region, commencing in June 2014. The
duration is for 11 months firm, plus options to extend the contract with 2 x 6
months subject to availability. The contract strengthens the company’s position
within harsh environment operations.
The value of the firm period of the contract is around USD 34.5 million.
For further information, please contact:
Christian W. Berg, CEO, Viking Supply Ships, ph. +45 41 77 83 80
Rederi AB TransAtlantic is a leading Swedish shipping company with headquarters
in Gothenburg, Sweden and additional offices in Europe. The company is organized
into two business areas: Industrial Shipping and Viking Supply Ships. The
company has about 780 employees and the turnover in 2013 was MSEK 2 925. The
Industrial Shipping business area consists of three divisions: Container, RoRo
and Bulk. The company’s B-shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, Small
Cap segment. www.rabt.se
TransAtlantic is obliged to make this information public according to the
Financial Markets Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act (Sw: lagen om
värdepappersmarknaden and lagen om handel med finansiella instrument). The
information was submitted for publication on June 17, 2014 at 08:30 am.

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